Persuaded to get inside the supermarket...
By eileenleyva
@eileenleyva (27555)
Philippines
August 25, 2021 4:16am CST
Out of supplies, my elder daughter and I made a rush to the supermarket.
For a year now, I simply stayed in the car while my daughter does the grocery. I wouldn't risk catching the virus.
But today, the parking area was not even full. There must be a few shoppers inside, I thought. My daughter urged me to come so I can pick snacks I like.
I obliged.
True enough, there was a minimal number of shoppers. A strict protocol was in place. Carts are disinfected before being handed to the customers.
I had a fun time checking on new products, marveling at the sky-high prices, picking a pack just to put it back on the shelf again. Too expensive!
The goods we purchased amounted to quite a sum! Used to be a budget for a month, now it's just for two weeks.
Availed of the buy-one-take-one muffins promo and gave the take-one to my nephew.
When we got home, two boxes of pizza await us, courtesy of doctor wishing my younger daughter complete healing.
Not only that, the baranggay also sent us 5 kilos of rice, five Bingo corned beef, five Fresca tuna, energy drinks in sachets, Birch Tree powder milk in sachets, generic vitamin C, and three Milo tetrapacks.
Ain't that a blessing!
Of course, will drop by the village guard tomorrow and share him the 'ayuda.'
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
25 Aug 21
Thanks. That's my first major activity outside my home.
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@rakski (156506)
• Philippines
25 Aug 21
@eileenleyva and good there are less people
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
25 Aug 21
@rakski Including the security guards and the salespeople at the kiosks, probably a hundred people. The cold ambiance suited me just fine.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
25 Aug 21
Yup. It was a good feeling. The supermarket was cleaner than my house!
I got to exercise my legs longer. 
Online shopping is limited to KN94 masks and the like.
I got to exercise my legs longer.
Online shopping is limited to KN94 masks and the like.2 people like this
@rsa101 (40987)
• Philippines
26 Aug 21
@eileenleyva I see something good that this pandemic created was that many are into hygienic practices that we used to take for granted before. Another good thing is the goodies you receive from our local government as "Ayuda". It is nice that you share the excess with the people around you. We also do that when we are given that. We usually give them to our guards in the lobby since they really deserve to be given those for their hard work almost 24/7.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
26 Aug 21
@rsa101 Here's the AYUDA for the security guard. He needs the package more than I do.
Not in the box are the face masks and shield. Giving the stuff to my nephew who had not bee out of the house, too.
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@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
25 Aug 21
Glad to know that you did joined your daughter shopping time. Here too. Most of the food items increased 
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@m_audrey6788 (58468)
• Germany
25 Aug 21
@eileenleyva Yes. That`s good and you enjoyed being there too 
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
25 Aug 21
@m_audrey6788 I was surprised I enjoyed the activity. Perhaps a reaction from the cabin fever syndrome.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
25 Aug 21
An ocular count shows there were some twenty people going round the aisles. Another twenty were waiting for food at the kiosk. All the rest were supermarket employees.
Glad I was persuaded to go up, it would have been another boring time sitting at the car. Plus, I saved gas.
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@allen0187 (59830)
• Philippines
26 Aug 21
Need to do a grocery run next week as well.
Nice of you to share your blessings with the village guard,
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@allen0187 (59830)
• Philippines
27 Aug 21
@eileenleyva grocery day for me is today Saturday.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
28 Aug 21
@allen0187 +Hope your turn around the grocery was quick and easy.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
27 Aug 21
It would be a sin if I don't share. Remember the manna in the dessert? The people were told to get only what they can consume for a day.
What we cannot eat today belongs to another.
Supermarket is neat and clean first hour Wednesday.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
25 Aug 21
Didn't realize I once enjoyed the activity. Glad I did. Thanks.
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@aureategloom (11025)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
25 Aug 21
good thing you got all you need and the things baranggay sent really is nice. wish our country did something like that sometimes.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
25 Aug 21
Yes, the local government attends to our needs. Last year, during the first lockdown, the 'ayuda' came every two weeks.
I also wish other countries allot 'ayuda' to their people. It's the least the government can do for the people.
That 'ayuda' pack can feed a family for two weeks at most. So tomorrow, will give it to our village guard. He looks troubled for sometime now. Perhaps he needs something to cheer him up.
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@aureategloom (11025)
• Bosnia And Herzegovina
25 Aug 21
@eileenleyva that's so nice of you, i'm sure you'll cheer him up. maybe try talking to him. i hope this ends soon.
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@prinzcy (32299)
• Malaysia
31 Aug 21
@eileenleyva Malaysia have states that their weekends are Friday and Saturday. My state is one of them.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
31 Aug 21
Am like you when it comes to avoiding crowds. That is why I do not enjoy 'malling' even before the pandemia.
That Sunday is a work day in your country is something strange for us. You have no weekends?
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@RebeccasFarm (91297)
• United States
2 Sep 21
A full cart is a blessing.
I know the prices are going up here too.
I am so glad you got this little time to move around the store.
I had not yet been inside myself yet.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
3 Sep 21
I got my elder daughter to thank for all the supplies we need. She provides the family with real good nourishment.
But the prices are staggering. Left me wondering again and again how the ordinary people are coping.
No rush getting inside the supermarket, only when you believe the premises are safe and clean.
@jobelbojel (36796)
• Philippines
30 Aug 21
That's right. The prices went up. The budget for one month before, now it is only good for 2 weeks.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
30 Aug 21
Yes, the price of a cabbage the size of a baseball is PhP 125. I did wish I live in Baguio.
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
30 Aug 21
It's scary because of the surge of covid patients. One time I did went in they make us write a covid19 survey track form.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
31 Aug 21
Those lengthy forms are really a bother when people go out for inoculation or swab test or whatever.
Stay safe. The surge is taking the hospitals by storm. The medical crew are up to their wits' end. Let us help them fight this health crisis.
@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
1 Sep 21
@Letranknight2015 The pandemia is everybody's health crisis. It is incumbent upon each and everyone of us to inform our health centers or our baranggay that we are infected with the disease. No shame in telling. In fact, it is a very responsible act.
Doing so means you care for your fellowman.
@Letranknight2015 (52665)
• Philippines
31 Aug 21
@eileenleyva Some people don't do the surveys anymore and that's how the surge probably spread. I mean who would come voluntarily and say they have covid? I feel sorry for all the medical personnel, they are all exhausted. My cousin who is a nurse got infected with covid19 twice.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
28 Aug 21
Baranggay is mandated by law to look out for persons in isolation - provide nourishment, medicine, collect CoViD waste like masks.
@Michellekidwell (29953)
• Sonora, California
25 Aug 21
Glad you were able to get what you needed…
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
25 Aug 21
I did, thank you. Grateful indeed, for the continued blessings.
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@eileenleyva (27555)
• Philippines
25 Aug 21
@Michellekidwell Yes. And if one receives, so must one give.
Sharing the blessings with the village security guard at the entrance of our subdivision. He seems troubled lately.
@Michellekidwell (29953)
• Sonora, California
25 Aug 21
@eileenleyva So glad to hear that
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